Keren Elazari
Keren Elazari | |
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Keren Elazari, 2016 | |
Born |
1980 (age 35–36) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | MA in Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, BA in History & Philosophy of Science, Tel Aviv University |
Known for | Author, Security Analyst and Researcher at Tel Aviv University |
Website www |
Keren Elazari (born 1980)[1] is an Israeli-born cyber security analyst and senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center with an emphasis on hackers and technology and their social implications. Her research interests include issues of hacktivism, information and cyber punk.
She was born and raised in Tel Aviv.
Faculty Positions
Keren is a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University Cyber Security Research Center. Previously, in 2012, she was a teaching fellow at the Singularity University in California.[2]
Research Topics
Keren's research topics have been concerning the future of Cyber Security, Cyberpunk, Global Hacktivism, Innovation and Creativity learnt from Hackers, Biohacking and more. Her research works and writings about cyber security have been featured on Scientific American, WIRED, CNN, GIGAOM and NATO.
Ted2014
In 2014 Keren Elazari became the first Israeli female to give a TED talk. In her talk Elazari claimed that by exposing vulnerabilities, hackers and hacktivists push the Internet to become stronger and healthier, wielding their power to create a better world.[3] Her speech was selected as one of TED's most powerful ideas in 2014.[4]
Books
Keren is the co-author of the book "Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories", Sasquatch Books, 2016, ASIN B010ZZYJSI
See also
References
- ↑ Klingbail, Sivan. "A Day in the Life of Keren Elazari". Haaretz. Haaretz. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Tel Aviv University. "ICRC – Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center". Tel Aviv University. Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Reissman, Hailey. "Some hackers are bad. But a lot are good: Keren Elazari at TED2014". TEDBlog. TED. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ TED. "The Year in Ideas: TED Talks of 2014". TED. TED. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
External links
- Official website
- HA'ARETZ: She Hacks, She TED Talks and She's Protecting Us From Big Brother
- Keren Elazari at TED
- The Year of Ideas: Ted Talks in 2014
- Hacktivism at the World Cup
- Some hackers are bad. But a lot are good: Keren Elazari at TED2014
- Internet access is a basic human right: A Q&A with Keren Elazari
- Scientific American: Immunizing the Internet
- Scientific American: Keren Elazari on How Cybersecurity Became Your Problem
- WIRED: Keren Elazari on the Web at 25: biocomputing mechanisms